Method of producing paper ornaments



(No Model) T J. FRIED.v

METHOD OF PRODUCING PAPER ORNAMENTS. No. 286,693. Patenyed O0t.16, 1883.

wmmssns: IINVENTOR ATTORNEY i 30 face engraved UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH Fllllll), OF (lllP-AGO, lLLlXOlS.

METHOD OF PRODUCING PAPER O RNAMENTS.

dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed March 10, 1853. (X model.)

."b all whom itmrry concern:

iie it known that 'I, .Tosuru Faun), ot' Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of 1111- nois, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement in Method of Producing laper Ornaments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereot', rei'erenee being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference [0 marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to methods of forming basso or alto relievo ornaments-such as t'riezes or arabesquesfor inside decorations I 5 of houses or picture and mirror frames; and it has for its object to produce a device for forming such ornaments out of paper to be very light, strong, and durable, and to be gotten up of" any design in the most simple manner.

Therefore my invention consists of the device hereinafter described and claimed.

" In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional front elevation, and Fig. 2 a vertical cross-section, of the apparatus empl oyed by me for producing these ornaments.

Corresponding letters in the several figures of the drawings designate like parts.

A denotes an iron frame or box,that is filled with plaster-paris a, and has its upper suror carved to form the mold or die for he ornament.

B is another box placed on top of mold (l, and ha ing secured to its under flanges, a, the edges of a hermetic diaphragm, b, of sheet- 5 rubber.

The mold A is placed upon two longitudinal timbers, O, that, with their tenoned ends, are guided in vertical grooves cut into posts 1), secured against the ends of a frame, E, and

0 connected on top by cross-timbers F. The

boxes A and B are pressed between the timbers C and F by scrowsf, which are tapped through nuts inserted into timbers C, and rest with their points on plates let into the upper beams of frame E. To an opening in top of box B is hermetically secured a rubber hose or flexible pipe, G, by a suitable coupling, which hose or pipe G at its opposite end is connected to an air-pump, H. The surface of the plaster-paris (a being engraved or cast over a pattern to form the die for the ornament, about four sheets of damp Manila or other paper or board are coated with a paste and are laid on top of such moldu. Next, the box 13 is placed over the mold, and is secured by turning the screws 1' until such mold is pressed under the flanges of box l3, with the sheet-rubber covering such paper, as shown in Fig. 1. New, by pumping air into box 1* the sheet-rubber is expanded and will force the paper into every cavity of the mold, as shown in Fig. 2. The pressure of air necessary may vary from ten to one hundred pounds to the square inch, according to the intricateness of the figures to be formed. After being thus compressed the air is exhausted from the box B, the mold A is taken out, and another placed in the press to gothrough the same process. The paper, after becoming thoroughly dry,is removed from the mol d, when the blank portions may be cut out, and the ornament ready for painting or gilding.

By this method only a single mold is necessary, the flexible and elastic diaphragm aeconnnodati-ng itself to any shape and recess of the mold forming the other or upper haltol the mold, while the compressed air will cause a uniform pressure of such diaphragm upon every portion of the paper, and willthus form the ornaments with sharp corners and distinct lines, no matter what shapes or sizes are to be carried out, or whether the edges of the. ornaments are perpendicular or tapering either way.

laper ornaments thus made are very light. strong,-and durable, and can be easily secured with glue or nails to the walls or ceilings,and, being elastic to a certain degree, they will ac eommodate themselves to any unevenness of the surfaces to be fastened to.

The general construction and arrangement. of mold A a and air-box 13 with diaphragm b may be varied to suit different articles and shapes to be produced, and the frame may be constructed in any suitable manner that will answer the desired purposes of holding the mold to box B while the air in such box is compressed, without deviating from my inveir tion.

Instead of paper, any other suitable light material may be used for forming the ornaments, and water or any other liquidor gaseous matter may be pumped into box Bin place of atmospheric air without changing the result.

I am aware that an apparatus has been constructed for forming pails and other articles out of paper-pulp, wherein the pulp is pressed into form against a wire former by means of an elastic bag or smoother operated by atmospheric pressure produced, and such I do not claim. I am not, however, aware of any apparatus other than that herei n described for formi ng ornamental articles, having a mold or die supported upon a framing and adapted to move vertically thereon, a rigid hollow box connected with a forcepump, and a rubber diaphragm extending horizontally-across the face of the mold or die and clamped between the meeting edges of said die and hollow box.

-\Vhat I claim is- The combination of the mold or die A (1,

hollow box I having flanges (1 and connected at its upper part with a. force-pump, and the rubber diaphragm I secured within said flanges a, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of box A, having filling (I, of plaster-of-paris, having a suitable design formed on its upper face, the hollow box 13, adapted to rest upon the box A, 'and having flanges a, the rubber diaphragm I), secured within the flanges a, and a suitable forcepump connected to said box B, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2;. The combination of die A a, box 13, timbers G E F, vertical grooved posts D, and screws f, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my invention I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSE PH FRIED.

\Vit nesses:

A1) AM (ll-1o. \\u l 'l n, Louis Nor/rim. 

